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Google: Image Search
This site links to Google 'Image Search' engine tool that is
described as the most comprehensive image search on the
web. Via keyword access, users can search for images on
any subject, including health related subjects.
http://images.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=ni
Health Communication Materials Database (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This site is an online database of illustrations for use in
the development and production of health communication
materials. The database can be searched by subject, region or
type of art. Users can download illustrations from the
database and can also submit pictures for the benefit of
others. The site is maintained by the Media Materials
Clearinghouse, U.S.
http://www.m-mc.org/mmc_search.php
HONmedia
HONmedia is a collection of over 6800 medical images and
videos. Users are able to download images.
http://www.hon.ch/HONmedia/
Images From the History of Medicine
The site provides free access to nearly 60,000 images from
the collection of the History of Medicine Division of the
National Library of Medicine, U.S.
http://ihm.nlm.nih.gov/luna/servlet/view/all
Medical Images on the Web
This is a gateway to Internet sites that contain medical
images and video. Most of the site is subject based (eg
history of medicine, dermatology, ophthalmology).
http://unmc.libguides.com/images
Photoshare (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
Photoshare aims to help non-profit organizations to
communicate health and development issues through
photography. The online photo database currently contains
more than 7,000 catalogued images that can be downloaded for
non-profit educational use. Photoshare encourages users to
send images and is maintained by the Information &
Knowledge for Optimal Health (INFO) Project, Johns Hopkins
University, U.S.
http://www.photoshare.org
Public Health Resources Library
This is an extensive
collection of still images, image sets, and multimedia files
related to public health. It includes links to related
(image) sites. The site is maintained by the Centers for
Disease Control, U.S.
http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/
TDR Image Library (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The site contains over 12,000 tropical disease images. The
contents may be freely copied, in whole or in part, for
non-profit use only. Access is via a keyword search engine.
It is maintained by WHO Special Programme for Research and
Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR).
http://apps.who.int/tdr/publications/tdr-image-library
Urbana Atlas of Pathology
This website provides a very large collection of photographs
of gross pathology, histopathology, and histology. It is
divided into five sections: general, cardiovascular,
endocrine, pulmonary and renal. Each image includes a brief
description. Images may not be reproduced without permission.
The collection is maintained by the University of Illinois
College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.
https://www.med.illinois.edu/m2/pathology/PathAtlasf/titlepage.html
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